Broiler.



J. w. TAYLOR;

BROILER. APPLIGATION FILED In. 7, 1911.

Patented Dec. 5, 191 1.-

. INVENIOR James Z [ZQy I A TTORNEYS JAMES W. TAYLOR, OF ANTIGONISI-IE,NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA.

BROILER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1911.

Application filed March 7, 1911. Serial No. 612,882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES W. TAYLOR, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, and a resident of Antigonishe, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada,have invented a new and Improved Broiler, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description. a

My invention relates generally to broilers and more particularly itrelates to those articles of this class which comprise a pair ofextended body portions suitably hinged together and between whicharticles of food are held over the fire in order to be cooked. Theobject of the invention is to provide a broiler with a simple attachmentat one end thereof and in engagement with each of the said bodyportions, the said attachment being in the nature of a spring where bywhen certain substances are placed in the broiler and the body portionsbrought together, the substance will be firmly held in position and willnot fall out when the broiler is turned.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which like characters of refer ence denotecorresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of my improved broiler; Fig. 2 is an end view thereofshowing the device empty with. the spring in position; Fig. 3 is an endview showing a substance held in the broiler, the spring being flexedout of normal position;

Fig. 1 is a side view of the spring in normal position.

The broiler to which I have shown my device attached is made up of theextended body portions 1 and 2, loosely hinged at one end by means ofwire rings 11 and 12, made of wire, each provided with a handle.mportion 8, 4, the substance to be cooked being placed between theparts 1 and 2, these parts being held in position by means of the ring 5in engagement with the handles 3, 4:.

The attachment is preferably made of a single length of wire bent at acentral portion to provide a ring 6, each end portion being also offsetand bent to form rings 7 and 8, the normal position of the wire be tweenthe rings, and extending transversely of the body portions 1 and 2,being substantially horizontal, as shown in Fig. 1.

Referring particularly to Figs. 2 and 8 which show the attachment inposition, it

will be noted that the ring 6 is in engagement with the end member 9 ofthe extended member 1 at about a central portion thereof,

and the rings 7 and 8 are in engagement with the end member 10 of theextended member 2 at points adjacent the ends of this member.

When the attachment is placed in position on the broiler, the tendencyof the members 1 and 2 is to lie closely together, due to the resiliencyof the attachment; when any substance, such as a piece of meat 13, isplaced between the body portions 1 and 2 the attachment is forced out ofits normal position, thereby bringing pressure to bear between the endsof these parts 1 and 2.

In the use of a broiler equipped with my attachment there is no dangerof the substance being cooked falling out of the broiler and into thefire due to the loose connection of the parts because the parts of thebroiler are firmly held together by the attachment which always tends toreturn to its normal position, as shown in Fig. 1.

While I have shown my attachment as of a single form, it will be obviousthat the invention may be comprehended in several differentmodifications, the purpose of which is to bring the end portions of thebroiler closely together, thereby preventing any substance therein fromfalling out.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. In a device of the class described two body portions loosely hingedtogether at one end thereof, together with a resilient memberextendingtransversely of the body members and in engagement with each ofthem whereby the said body members are drawn together.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of two bodyportions loosely hinged together at one end, together with a resilientmember engaging each of the said body portions at the hinged end, thesaid resilient member tending to draw the body portions together whenthe broiler is empty and serving to maintain any article of food thereinwhen the broiler is in use.

3. A device of the class descrlbecl comprising a body member, anotherbody member, a loosely hinged connection engaging adjacent ends of eachof the body portions, an attachment having means at each end forengaging the end portion of one of the body members and being providedwith an intermediate means for engagement with the end portion of theother body member, the said engagement being adjacent the loosely hingedends of these members, the said attachment being resilient and tendingto bring the said body members closely together.

l. A broiler comprising two body portions adapted to contain a suitablesubstance between them, the body portions being portions, and anintermediate ring engaging the end of the other body portion whereby 15name to this specification in the presence of 20 two subscribingWitnesses.

JAMES W. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

CHAS. J. MACGILLWRAY, D. J. MAXWELL.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Gommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

